A retinal tear is a common age-related eye condition ... Symptoms of a retinal tear include flashes and floaters: Flashes look like flashing lights, streaks of lightning, or stars in your field ...

The NHS is warning that if you experience eye-related symptoms ... Floaters in your vision can look like: small dark dots squiggly lines rings cobwebs Flashes look like sudden flashes of light ...

If you look up at the sky on a clear day, you might notice little cobweb-like structures drifting across your field of vision ...